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The Brain, the Criminal, and the Courts

17 January 2020by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Eryn Brown Knowable Magazine On March 30, 1981, 25-year-old John W. Hinckley Jr. shot President Ronald Reagan and three other people. The following year, he went on trial for […]

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Spot the Psychopath

21 August 2019by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Sally Davies Aeon Psychopath. The word conjures up the image of a cold-blooded killer, or perhaps a fiendishly clever but heartless egoist. There’s Ted Bundy, who in the 1970s […]

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Brain Scans in the Courtroom

1 December 2015by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Andreas Kuersten The Scientist A group of men exit a city hotel and begin making their way to a waiting car. As they approach the vehicle, another man opens […]

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How Your Brain Decides Blame and Punishment

13 October 2015by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Amy Wolf Vanderbilt University Juries in criminal cases typically decide if someone is guilty, then a judge determines a suitable level of punishment. New research confirms that these two […]

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How do we Hold a Child’s Mind Accountable?

12 June 2015by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Morris B. Hoffman The Marshall Project We humans are a morally messy species, constantly jostling one another at the marketplace of desires. But we also have built-in restraints. We […]

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Why Don’t Animals Suffer From Schizophrenia, Just Humans?

13 May 2015by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Brett Stetka Scientific American Many of us have known a dog on Prozac. We’ve also witnessed the eye rolls that come with canine psychiatry. Doting pet owners—myself included—ascribe all […]

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Battling America’s Other PTSD Crisis

10 March 2015by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Tina Rosenberg Yahoo! The fight that started Keith Davis on a path to a new life began when he was buying marijuana. It was early afternoon on Aug. 8. […]

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Should Veterans With PTSD be Exempt From the Death Penalty?

2 February 2015by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Iulia Filip The Atlantic On January 12, 1998, Andrew Brannan was driving his truck at 98 miles an hour on a country road near his Dublin, Georgia, home when […]

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